CHARTS: Economic Calculations Number and AverageSize of Farms in IllinoisIllinoisFarms by Sales Class IllinoisFarm Land in Use by Sales Class Illinois ...Illinois Cattle Operations, by number of animals, 2004 Illinois Hog Operations, by number of animals, 2004 Overview of the Agriculture Sector in IllinoisU.S ... 2002 Total Number of IllinoisFarms and Associated Per Acre Nominal Value (1994

Chart 2. Number and AverageSize of Farms in IllinoisIllinois: Number of Farms and AverageSize of FarmsAverageSize of FarmsNumber of Farms Year Number of Farms (Thousands) AverageSize of Farm (Acres) ... The averagesize of Illinois’ 73, 000 farms is 377 acres, which is predominantly ... has dropped considerably over the last 50 years, while the averagesize of farms has grown

56%. These statistics stand in stark contrast to the trends experienced between 1978 and 1988, when the number of Illinoisfarms decreased by 20% and the per-acre ... Table 6. Total Number of IllinoisFarms and Associated Per Acre Nominal Value (1994-2004) Number of Farms Year Value Per Acre* *This chart includes farmland and buildings in nominal dollars Source: Illinois Department of Agriculture; Illinois ... the changes in the number of farms and per-acre value.

Table 5. IllinoisFarm and Farm-related Employment, 2002 Total Metro Non-Metro % of U.S. Industry Employment Farm Industries Employment % of total Employment ... industry's total U.S. employment in Illinois. Metro and non-metro estimates are based ...illinois, united states

shrunk while the low and high classes grew. In 1987, 28.7% of all Illinoisfarms ... 4% of total Illinoisfarms, the middle sales class made up 33.6%, and the highest class made up 30.0%. This change in the makeup of Illinoisfarms is illustrated in Chart 3. ... Chart 3. IllinoisFarms by Sales Class Year $100, 000 +

United States total or averageIllinois total or averageIllinois as a Illinois rank percent of U.S. amoung states Commodity Year Unit FARMSNumber of Farms Land in Farms CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS Crops Livestock Total CROPS Corn, grain ... counties in 2004. Illinois counties averaged 20.5 million bushes of corn. Morgan County ...illinois, turkey, united states

Percent Change in Number of Jobs, Illinois and U.S., 1990 to 1999 U.S. Ill. Manufacturing Farm Other Wholesale & Retail Trade Government Finance, Transpor- ConstrucInsurance, tation & tion & Real Public Estate Utilities Services Total ...illinois, united states ... 4 / Illinois County Data Book REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES Illinois state

months of declining employment numbers will take place before Illinois’ employment ... The 32 Illinois Companies in 2009's "Fortune 500" Illinois Rank U.S. Company Archer Daniels Midland State Farm Insurance Boeing Walgreen Caterpillar Sears ...illinois, united states

Illinois had 73, 000 farm operations spread out over 27.5 million acres ... in Illinois. The report examines the Illinois’ agricultural sector as a part ... primarily on historical data available from two services of the United States Department